The 25 New Features Coming in Patch 12.1 Look AMAZING

[00:00] Hey folks, this is Kehani. Patch 12.1

[00:02] has finally been revealed and it's going

[00:04] to shake up the Midnight expansion in a

[00:07] massive way. Not only will we have a

[00:09] bunch of new content to explore,

[00:10] including a new zone full of openw world

[00:13] gameplay options, a new dungeon and

[00:15] raid, and several new delves, but world

[00:17] bosses are seeing a huge overhaul that

[00:20] lets them reward myth track gear. Raid

[00:22] gear is getting a huge buff to secure

[00:24] its spot as the best gear available in

[00:26] the game once again. Bonus roles will be

[00:28] available from the very start of season

[00:30] 2, and there are updates for every type

[00:32] of seasonal content. Housing will see

[00:35] blueprints that let you copy and paste

[00:36] entire setups. There are a bunch of user

[00:39] interface updates and a crazy amount of

[00:41] class changes, including some complete

[00:43] reworks for various specs. There is a

[00:46] lot coming in the first major patch for

[00:48] the Midnight expansion. So, let's go

[00:50] over all the new features coming in

[00:52] patch 12.1 and how it's shaping up so

[00:54] far. Now, before we jump in, be sure to

[00:56] hit up that like button and subscribe so

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[01:01] Most new content in the patch will

[01:02] revolve around the new 12.1 zone, the

[01:04] Coiled Isisle. It's just off the coast

[01:06] of Zulon, pretty much exactly where

[01:08] everyone thought we would be going, and

[01:10] it's a pretty decentsized zone. It looks

[01:13] to be larger than most of the original

[01:14] Midnight Zones, and it's chocker block

[01:16] with new content options. After working

[01:19] your way through the main campaign story

[01:21] line, you'll unlock world quests for the

[01:23] new zone, which seem to reward

[01:24] adventurer gear, reputation, and some

[01:27] currencies. There will be plenty of side

[01:29] quests that dig a bit deeper into the

[01:31] lore of the zone, the local inhabitants,

[01:33] and the history of the Ammani trolls.

[01:35] And then there are these special public

[01:36] events called curse surges. They usually

[01:39] have a few different stages that

[01:40] culminate in a rare boss fight. And the

[01:42] rares reward you with reputation, coffer

[01:44] key shards, and can drop adventurer gear

[01:47] by the looks of things.

[01:49] We'll have a new weekly quest to take

[01:51] part in curse surges that rewards the

[01:53] new crafting spark for season 2, the

[01:55] spark of tides, which you can use to

[01:57] craft up to item levels 324 gear. So, as

[02:00] always, they will be huge for picking up

[02:02] some early big upgrades. Now, if you'd

[02:05] rather not take part in the new open

[02:07] world content because you just prefer to

[02:09] run dungeons or raids, don't worry.

[02:11] There's a new weekly quest in Silver

[02:13] Moon that just requires you to collect a

[02:15] specific item from group content. and

[02:17] that also offers a weekly spark. You can

[02:19] only get one spark per week still, so

[02:21] only the first weekly quest you complete

[02:23] will reward one, but this does give you

[02:25] a choice for how to earn your sparks. Do

[02:27] the new open world content or spam some

[02:30] group content. Defeating these cursed

[02:32] surges will also open up cursed fishing

[02:34] opportunities, which is a whole fishing

[02:36] mini reputation on the aisle with its

[02:38] own daily quests and unique rewards,

[02:41] including some mounts, new transmog

[02:42] options, profession recipes, housing

[02:44] decor, and even a new fishing rod that

[02:47] turns you into a snake while swimming.

[02:50] We'll also have a new world boss to take

[02:52] down. Well, kind of. It's not actually

[02:55] in the open world anymore. So, I'm not

[02:57] sure calling it a world boss really

[02:58] fits, but that's probably why the dev

[03:00] team is calling this new evolution

[03:02] layers. Instead of these world bosses

[03:04] roaming around, we'll have to enter

[03:06] their layer and take the fight to them,

[03:08] which sounds very much just like a one

[03:10] boss raid. You enter a layer in the same

[03:12] way as you enter a delve or the patch

[03:14] 1207 zones with a screen where you can

[03:17] select your difficulty. These new layers

[03:19] will have four different difficulty

[03:21] options: world, normal, heroic, and

[03:24] mythic. I imagine world will be more or

[03:26] less what you would expect from a

[03:27] standard world boss, being relatively

[03:29] easy to overcome as long as you dodge

[03:31] the obvious abilities with new mechanics

[03:34] and more damage from each ability as the

[03:36] difficulty increases. What's super

[03:39] interesting to me is that the lair boss

[03:40] does have a loot table in the raid

[03:42] journal on the PTR right now. And the

[03:44] item level of its drops lines up with

[03:47] the standard raid loot. So, normal drops

[03:49] champion gear, heroic drops hero gear,

[03:52] and mythic drops myth gear. That means

[03:54] these bosses will have a place in every

[03:57] player's to-do list. You may be able to

[03:59] get some easy upgrades here. Even if

[04:01] you're a mythic raider, these one boss

[04:03] raids should also be a great entry point

[04:05] to raiding as a whole for players who

[04:06] don't usually take part in that kind of

[04:08] content, as it does seem to be much

[04:10] simpler when compared to a standard

[04:12] mythic boss.

[04:15] So really, this just turns world bosses

[04:17] into one boss raids with a world

[04:19] difficulty option. That sounds great to

[04:21] me. And if you're worried about having

[04:23] to create a group to kill a world boss,

[04:25] now you actually don't. If you're only

[04:27] interested in the world difficulty

[04:28] option, that works more like the patch

[04:30] 1207 zones where you are technically

[04:33] entering an instance, but it's kind of

[04:35] an open instance where everyone else

[04:37] joining in the world difficulty will get

[04:39] squished together. This will create

[04:41] groups for you, which is even better as

[04:43] you can actually heal or buff your

[04:45] allies without having to set up the

[04:47] group manually. The higher difficulties

[04:49] seem to work more like a standard raid

[04:51] setup though, where you go in with your

[04:52] pre-made group. You can now also summon

[04:55] everyone straight to the boss entrance

[04:56] thanks to the summoning stone right

[04:58] outside. So, it should be much faster to

[05:00] get your world boss kills in, and

[05:02] they'll stay relevant for much longer

[05:03] over the course of a season. Having

[05:06] these bosses inside instances will also

[05:08] probably help out significantly with the

[05:11] crazy zonewide lag the world bosses

[05:13] usually cause. So, that's a nice bonus

[05:15] as well.

[05:17] So, that's most of what we have to look

[05:19] forward to on the surface, but this zone

[05:21] has an underground portion, too. The

[05:23] vaults of Ital work similarly to Zarc

[05:26] cabins if you played during dragon

[05:28] flight. So we go through these long

[05:30] hallways which will give you a massive

[05:32] speed boost to get through them a bit

[05:33] faster. And then they open up into a

[05:35] cavernous almost temple-like space where

[05:37] the sneaky snake followers are

[05:39] slithering around. So obviously we have

[05:42] to put a stop to that. But this

[05:43] underground zone has its own gameplay

[05:46] loop completely separate from the zone

[05:48] surface. There are various side and

[05:50] story quests that introduce you to the

[05:52] vaults and how the different activities

[05:54] work. There are patrols, which are

[05:56] basically just extra side quests that

[05:58] you have to pick up out in the zone.

[06:00] These NPCs are asking for help, so

[06:02] interacting with them will give you a

[06:04] little quest, like picking up weapons or

[06:06] killing monsters. The strikes are larger

[06:08] public events where everyone contributes

[06:10] to the same goal and progress bar. So,

[06:12] when these pop up, you want to head on

[06:14] over and contribute as much as you can

[06:15] to complete them quickly. And then when

[06:17] enough strikes have been completed, it

[06:18] will trigger an incursion, a zonewide

[06:21] public event that also has a timer. So,

[06:23] not only will everyone have to work

[06:25] together to complete the objective, but

[06:27] you'll need to do it within the time

[06:28] limit. If the incursions are successful,

[06:30] you'll summon an ancient foe, which is

[06:32] basically just a big rare boss mob. The

[06:35] description text for them does mention

[06:36] we'll need to strike them down before

[06:38] they flee. So, maybe they'll be on a

[06:40] timer as well. After the ancient foe is

[06:42] dealt with, the zone will reset back to

[06:44] strikes to build up the next incursion,

[06:46] and so on and so on.

[06:49] We'll have a weekly quest to complete

[06:51] activities in the vault that rewards you

[06:53] with half a piece of champion gear. So,

[06:55] I guess weekly quests have had their

[06:57] rewards bumped up to champion gear,

[06:59] where they were previously more or less

[07:00] locked to only rewarding veteran gear,

[07:02] and there are a few daily quests that

[07:04] ask you to complete specific activities

[07:06] in the underground zone, too. All of

[07:09] these activities will be earning you

[07:11] corrosive coins, which can be traded in

[07:13] for various cosmetic rewards and

[07:14] goodies, including some new transmog

[07:16] sets and some new mounts. But this

[07:18] currency also seems to be tied to the

[07:20] new altar of corrosion feature, which is

[07:22] another talent tree style system that

[07:24] unlocks various buffs, powers, and perks

[07:27] to help you out in the new zone. You can

[07:29] spend 1,000 corrosive coins to corrode

[07:32] your spirit, which might be how you gain

[07:34] talent points to spend in this feature.

[07:36] It's not fully available to test in this

[07:38] first build, but from the Wowcast

[07:40] preview video, we can see there are 18

[07:42] talents to choose from with four more up

[07:45] at the top. They might unlock as you

[07:47] progress through the tree as a whole.

[07:49] The only example we have for a talent is

[07:51] venom walking, which significantly

[07:53] reduces the damage you take from venom

[07:55] pools, which is going to be very useful

[07:57] with how much venom there is in this

[07:59] area. The cost to corrode your spirit

[08:01] does seem to increase every time you do

[08:03] it. So, we'll have to farm more and more

[08:05] coins as you progress through the tree.

[08:08] Now, you may have noticed that I've been

[08:10] running around on the ground this entire

[08:11] time. So, I'll go ahead and answer that

[08:13] inevitable question. No, we cannot fly

[08:16] in this underground portion of the zone,

[08:18] so you will need to be fairly careful as

[08:20] you're running around. A lot of these

[08:22] mobs can kill you very quickly. This

[08:24] zone is definitely designed with a lot

[08:26] of player activity in mind, so grouping

[08:28] up where you can will probably be

[08:30] beneficial.

[08:32] This patch also introduces two new

[08:34] delves which are located in the new

[08:36] zone. We've got the ring of glory and

[08:38] the Nile door is having new delves to

[08:41] explore is always great as running the

[08:42] same ones over and over does get a bit

[08:44] boring eventually. To help things out on

[08:47] that front, we'll also see new del

[08:49] variants for all of the older midnight

[08:50] delves with a strong focus on snakes and

[08:53] poison. So that will fit the theme of

[08:55] this patch quite well. In addition to

[08:58] those two new delves, we'll also get a

[08:59] new nemesis delve for season two. That

[09:02] means we'll see different nemesis

[09:03] effects throughout the rest of the delve

[09:05] system, including a different nemesis

[09:07] summon for your guaranteed bounty map

[09:09] and of course a new nemesis challenge to

[09:11] take on. Now, if you were playing at the

[09:14] start of Midnight Season 1, you may

[09:16] remember the Hall of Fame drama for the

[09:18] season 1 Nemesis delve. The first 4,000

[09:21] players to kill the Nemesis on the

[09:22] higher difficulty all by themselves

[09:24] earned a special achievement and title.

[09:26] Unfortunately, the Hall of Fame closed

[09:28] after just 9 hours of the season, which

[09:31] was so fast that some people didn't even

[09:34] know about it until after it had closed.

[09:36] The Hall of Fame will return for season

[09:38] 2, but instead of it being the first

[09:40] 4,000 players, it will be open for the

[09:42] entire first week of the season. So, as

[09:45] long as you get your kill in that first

[09:46] week, you'll join the Hall of Fame and

[09:48] earn some very special rewards, which is

[09:51] a much better way of doing things in my

[09:53] opinion.

[09:55] As for our trusty delve companion,

[09:57] Valero will follow us into season 2 and

[09:59] she'll keep all of her levels, so you

[10:01] won't have to rele her or anything like

[10:03] that. She'll most likely have a higher

[10:05] level cap, so we can power her up even

[10:07] further. But, one thing we will have to

[10:09] replace are all of the combat and

[10:11] utility curios. those get reset and

[10:13] we'll have a new set to collect and

[10:15] upgrade. So, that's going to change

[10:16] things up a little bit. But then we also

[10:18] have this new poisons option. There are

[10:20] a few different options to pick from

[10:22] baseline and then you can unlock a few

[10:24] more by completing the Delve intro quest

[10:26] line with Valyri. We might be able to

[10:27] find even more and upgrade them just

[10:29] like the other curios as you work

[10:31] through delves. So, that's going to be

[10:32] another way to customize and power up

[10:34] Valer. We'll also have a new seasonal

[10:38] delve track to work through with new and

[10:40] returning rewards. Most of them line up

[10:42] with season 1, so we'll have to progress

[10:44] to be able to get myth crests from

[10:46] delves again, buy champion gear from the

[10:48] del vendor, be able to earn warbound

[10:50] champion gear and hero track gear from

[10:52] tier 11 bountiful delves.

[10:55] Before we move on to talk about the new

[10:56] group content options, there will also

[10:58] be these new corrosive powers that you

[11:00] can add onto belt or wrist slot items.

[11:03] To do so, you'll need to acquire a

[11:05] corrosive soul. These seem to come from

[11:07] most openw world sources like delves,

[11:09] prey, weekly quest boxes, and the new

[11:11] layer bosses. Using a corrosive soul

[11:13] will add a random effect onto your gear.

[11:16] And you can keep using more corrosive

[11:17] souls to change the effect that you get.

[11:20] You can see the full list of effects by

[11:22] using this pamphlet item that you can

[11:23] get from the Dell vendors. If we quickly

[11:26] go down the list, we have a big damage

[11:28] proc, some repositioning effects that

[11:30] can group up enemies. This one applies a

[11:32] buff to allies that lets them poison

[11:34] enemies. There's one that stuns all

[11:35] enemies around you if you drop below 50%

[11:38] health. There are some defensive or

[11:39] absorb shield options, an effect that

[11:41] gives you cycling stat bonuses. This one

[11:44] trades secondary stats for primary

[11:46] stats. There's another defensive option

[11:48] that can negate big hits. This one will

[11:50] automatically interrupt spells, which

[11:52] sounds kind of funny. The next one is

[11:54] just a stacking poison debuff. There's

[11:56] another damage proc, but it also heals

[11:58] any allies inside the effect. And then

[12:00] the last one is another stacking damage

[12:02] proc that will deal all of its damage if

[12:04] it reaches 20 stacks. What's kind of

[12:07] interesting here is that some effects

[12:08] poison your target while others poison

[12:11] you. And there are different

[12:12] interactions depending on whether you or

[12:14] your target is poisoned. So you could

[12:16] get some extra benefits from mixing and

[12:18] matching certain effects. This reminds

[12:20] me a lot of corruption powers from the

[12:22] end of BFA, except you'll have far more

[12:24] control over what powers you want to

[12:26] have active, but they'll only be on two

[12:27] slots of gear. They also probably won't

[12:30] be anywhere near as powerful as

[12:31] corruption effects were, but I guess

[12:32] we'll have to wait and see. There are

[12:34] some interesting and potentially very

[12:36] powerful effects that you can obtain

[12:38] from these souls. You can have up to two

[12:40] different powers active or maybe just

[12:42] double down on one effect. We'll have to

[12:43] wait and see what the best options end

[12:45] up being. The key here is that these

[12:48] effects will only work during season 2,

[12:50] so they're definitely more of a borrowed

[12:52] power type of deal, and they only work

[12:55] outside of dungeons and raids. So, as

[12:57] soon as you enter actual group content,

[12:59] they'll be totally worthless. So, these

[13:01] effects will help you in the open world

[13:03] while taking on rare bosses and in your

[13:05] delve runs, which means it's kind of for

[13:07] solo content players specifically.

[13:11] Moving on, patch 12.1 introduces a brand

[13:14] new dungeon for us to explore, the Altar

[13:16] of Fangs. As with everything else in

[13:18] this patch, expect lots of green poison

[13:20] pools and snake- like monsters. The

[13:22] dungeon isn't available for testing in

[13:24] this first build. So, we'll have to wait

[13:25] and see what the inside looks like, but

[13:27] we do know it's going to be a three boss

[13:29] dungeon and it's inside the vaults of

[13:31] Ital. So, I imagine it's going to be

[13:33] fairly important lorewise. This new

[13:36] dungeon will also be included with the

[13:37] season 2 mythic plus dungeon rotation.

[13:40] So, that's always exciting. We'll have

[13:41] the other four midnight dungeons that

[13:43] weren't a part of season 1. So, that's

[13:45] the Den of Narak, Murder Row, the

[13:47] Blinding Veil, and the Void Scar Arena.

[13:50] And then as per usual, we'll have some

[13:51] returning dungeons to round things out.

[13:53] This time we'll see the return of King's

[13:56] Rest, the Ruby Life Pools, and the

[13:58] Temple of Sethis. And I have to say, I

[14:00] was not expecting to see King's Rest or

[14:03] Temple of Sethis return, let alone

[14:06] return together in the same season. This

[14:08] will be an interesting lineup for sure.

[14:11] I just hope they're making some

[14:12] significant changes to those returning

[14:14] dungeons because they were quite painful

[14:16] back in the day.

[14:18] We'll also have a new raid to look

[14:20] forward to called the Venomous Abyss.

[14:22] This will be an eight boss raid full of

[14:24] venom snakes, trolls, and venom snake

[14:26] trolls. If you are getting a bit tired

[14:28] of the void blues and purples, this

[14:30] plastering of green should give you a

[14:32] nice break before we get back to the

[14:34] void in 12.2.

[14:36] Now, a new raid is always awesome, but

[14:39] 12.1 is overhauling raid loot in a

[14:42] massive way. So far in Midnight, raid

[14:44] loot has kind of fallen behind in terms

[14:46] of value for time invested, especially

[14:49] after the bonus rolls were introduced.

[14:51] They were also the only content type

[14:53] that didn't get better rewards from the

[14:55] weekly vault when compared to the

[14:57] content that you're running. All of that

[14:59] is going to change moving forward. The

[15:02] raid row in the weekly vault is getting

[15:03] a huge buff. So, every difficulty will

[15:06] now reward one tier up from what it

[15:08] actually drops. So, LFR weekly vaults

[15:10] will be champion, normal will be hero

[15:13] gear, heroic weekly vaults are now myth

[15:15] gear, and then mythic weekly vaults will

[15:17] always be six of six myth gear or myth 9

[15:20] gear for very rare loot or any gear from

[15:23] the last two bosses. This gives raiders

[15:25] far more access to myth track gear,

[15:27] which should be very useful if there are

[15:29] powerful best in slot items or trinkets.

[15:31] In season 1, you had to kill those

[15:33] bosses on mythic to get your myth

[15:35] versions, but now anyone killing heroic

[15:38] bosses will have a chance to get their

[15:39] best in slot raid gear. In addition, the

[15:43] last two bosses on mythic will always

[15:45] drop loot at myth 9. So 9 to 10 item

[15:48] levels above six of six myth track gear.

[15:51] That creates a huge jump from boss six

[15:53] to boss 7, where boss 6 drops item level

[15:56] 318 gear on mythic and bosses seven and

[15:59] eight drop item level 337 gear. So, not

[16:02] only will every vault reward be way

[16:04] better than before, but anyone who can

[16:06] push through to the last two mythic

[16:08] bosses will have the very best loot in

[16:10] the game waiting for them. As for

[16:13] specific raid loot, there are some

[16:15] potentially powerful trinkets on offer,

[16:17] a bunch of cantrip weapons that apply

[16:19] poisons or debuffs, and a special set

[16:21] bonus tied to a trinket, a strength

[16:23] two-handed axe, and an agility

[16:25] one-handed axe. So, you'd need the

[16:27] trinket and one of the weapons to

[16:28] trigger the two set bonus, which could

[16:30] end up being quite strong if it's tuned

[16:33] right.

[16:34] That's not all for the big loot changes

[16:36] in 12.1. Bonus rolls will be returning

[16:39] and they're available right from the

[16:41] start of season 2 as a consolation prize

[16:44] in the weekly vault. So, if you don't

[16:45] get a good item in your vault, you'll be

[16:47] able to pick up a bonus roll instead to

[16:49] try for something specific. So, it's

[16:52] kind of like getting two chances for an

[16:53] upgrade in every single weekly vault.

[16:56] After 8 weeks in the season, we'll be

[16:58] able to pick up one bonus roll every

[16:59] week for the rest of the season. And

[17:01] there will be no weekly quests tied to

[17:03] their acquisition this time. So, no

[17:05] crazy void forge to keep up with or

[17:07] anything like that. So, at that point,

[17:09] we'll be able to gear up much faster.

[17:11] Not quite as fast as season 1 if you're

[17:13] using bonus rolls on mythic plus

[17:15] dungeons, but having two chances per

[17:17] vault to get an upgrade might make up

[17:19] the difference as long as you're playing

[17:20] the character. Gearing up any of your

[17:22] alts later on in the season will

[17:24] definitely be slower, though. And then

[17:27] the last change for bonus rolls is that

[17:28] raid loot will only cost one roll in

[17:31] season 2, down from two. So that levels

[17:33] the playing field even further. Bonus

[17:35] rolls will still reward you with loot

[17:37] based on the weekly vault reward for the

[17:38] content you're doing, which means

[17:40] raiders will benefit from the increased

[17:42] vault rewards while using their bonus

[17:44] roles, giving you even easier access to

[17:46] myth track gear. And every other content

[17:48] type will work the same way as season 1.

[17:52] Something else that's changing quite a

[17:54] bit as we head into season 2 is the way

[17:56] in which the catalyst works. Previously,

[17:58] the catalyst would turn any piece of

[18:00] tier slot gear into the tier piece

[18:02] itself. The stats were fixed to what the

[18:04] actual item would have if you obtained

[18:06] it from the raid. That's going to change

[18:08] in season 2. The resulting tier piece

[18:11] will now inherit the secondary stats,

[18:13] tertiary stats, and even special cantrip

[18:16] effects of the item that you're

[18:17] converting.

[18:18] I'm in two minds about this because on

[18:21] one hand, having fixed stats meant you

[18:23] just had to pick the four best tier

[18:25] pieces for your current stat

[18:26] preferences. You couldn't really do much

[18:28] about the stats if they weren't ideal.

[18:30] But the four set usually trumps perfect

[18:32] stats. So, oh well, off you go. But in a

[18:35] world where you can specifically target

[18:37] best in slot stats on each piece of tier

[18:40] gear, that creates a new kind of grind.

[18:43] It's also going to be interesting if

[18:44] folks who mainly raid find themselves

[18:46] wanting a specific piece from Mythic

[18:48] Plus to convert into a tier piece or

[18:49] Mythic Plus folks wanting a specific

[18:51] piece from the raid. It moves the

[18:54] goalposts of best in slot gear just a

[18:56] bit further out. So, it's going to take

[18:58] longer overall if that's your goal. With

[19:01] that being said, if you love to minmax

[19:03] your gear and don't mind spending extra

[19:05] time getting the perfect item, this

[19:07] change is going to be great for you.

[19:09] It's also worth noting that there are a

[19:11] lot of cantrip effects in the new patch,

[19:13] especially from the raid. So being able

[19:15] to carry those forward onto tier set

[19:17] gear lets you use the cantrip without

[19:20] being forced to give up a tier set slot.

[19:23] One problem I do see is that it might

[19:25] discourage some players from converting

[19:27] gear early on in the season if the stats

[19:29] on your gear aren't great. It's not

[19:31] going to feel amazing spending a

[19:33] catalyst charge to get a bad piece of

[19:35] tier set, something that wasn't really a

[19:38] thing in the past. But with how catalyst

[19:40] charges work, it will still be better to

[19:42] get your for set as early as possible.

[19:44] Even if every tier piece you have has

[19:46] Baz stats on it, it's just going to be a

[19:48] bit of a mental hurdle to overcome for

[19:50] some folks, I think. Now, the prey

[19:54] feature hasn't been left out of the fun.

[19:55] You'll be able to accept new prey hunts

[19:57] for the coiled aisle zone with new snake

[19:59] and troll themed targets to take down.

[20:02] The affixes for hard and nightmare prey

[20:04] hunts have been replaced with a few new

[20:05] ones that cause snakes to spawn while in

[20:07] combat. Enemies will explode with

[20:09] venomous snakes when killed, and you'll

[20:11] have toxic nets thrown at you while in

[20:14] combat. So, all in all, dodge the bad

[20:16] stuff. There also seems to be a new boss

[20:19] encounter tied to Nightmare Prey Hunt

[20:21] specifically. You can summon Ralcala,

[20:24] Terror of the Isisle, while in Nightmare

[20:26] mode, and you can increase the rewards

[20:28] earned by offering more relics while

[20:30] summoning the boss. This doesn't seem

[20:31] available for testing right now as you

[20:33] can't really get on the prey track. So,

[20:35] we'll see how this shapes up in a future

[20:37] PTR build. The rewards seem to have

[20:40] remained more or less the same for your

[20:41] standard prey hunts with rewards capping

[20:43] out on nightmare difficulty. You'll be

[20:45] able to pick up champion gear, champion

[20:47] and hero crests and a couple of those

[20:49] new corrosive soul items. There will

[20:52] also be a new prey seasonal track to

[20:54] work through with similar rewards as

[20:55] season 1, as well as new cosmetics,

[20:58] housing decor, profession recipes, and a

[21:00] handful of other fun items. But one

[21:02] thing does stick out here. At rank four,

[21:05] you'll be able to loot afflicted souls

[21:07] from your bountiful delves, and you can

[21:09] use these souls to speed up your hunt

[21:11] progress and to earn bonus champion

[21:13] track gear. At rank nine, you'll get an

[21:15] upgrade to that passive effect, allowing

[21:17] you to spend tormented souls to earn

[21:20] bonus hero track equipment instead. So,

[21:22] not only will you be able to earn hero

[21:24] gear from delves after reaching rank

[21:26] nine on the delve seasonal journey track

[21:28] again, but you can then get hero gear

[21:30] from prey hunts at rank nine on their

[21:32] seasonal track, too. That should let

[21:34] prey hunts remain relevant for longer

[21:36] throughout the season.

[21:39] Another feature seeing some huge updates

[21:40] in this patch is housing. Houses will

[21:42] now be able to level up to level 12,

[21:44] increasing decor limits and opening up

[21:46] large exteriors. You can now also move

[21:48] your entryway into any room in the

[21:50] house, including other floors. So, if

[21:52] you put your entryway upstairs, it

[21:55] should feel and look like you have a

[21:56] basement, which is kind of cool. But the

[21:59] big new feature is blueprints. be able

[22:02] to save, import, and export blueprints

[22:04] for entire houses, which includes the

[22:06] interior and exterior, just the

[22:09] interior, just the exterior, or a single

[22:11] room. So, you can save everything

[22:13] peacemeal or the whole thing together.

[22:16] If you want to steal just one specific

[22:17] room from your friends or neighborhoods,

[22:19] you can do that, too, if they're kind

[22:21] enough to give you the blueprint.

[22:23] Anyway, when you import a blueprint, it

[22:25] will give you a list of everything

[22:26] included in it, and it will note

[22:28] anything that you don't have unlocked,

[22:30] so you can easily see what you might

[22:32] need to farm or track down to complete

[22:34] that import. We'll also have a new house

[22:36] permission called export. So, if you

[22:38] want players who come into your house to

[22:40] be able to save your stuff to a

[22:41] blueprint, that's going to be an option

[22:43] as well. And while this doesn't help

[22:45] with quickly copying and pasting

[22:47] existing items or duplicating complex

[22:50] creations and being able to move them

[22:51] around freely, it is a huge step forward

[22:54] that will definitely help players try

[22:56] out new things in their home away from

[22:57] home.

[22:59] Something else that a lot of players

[23:01] have been asking for is finally making

[23:03] its way into housing, pet beds. You'll

[23:05] be able to place down beds for your

[23:07] favorite companion pets, and they'll

[23:08] even be able to roam around your house.

[23:10] will be able to place up to 10 beds

[23:12] inside and five beds outside. And you

[23:15] can set your pets to either stationary

[23:17] or roaming, so you get to choose how

[23:19] your pets behave. If only it was that

[23:21] easy in real life. Now, we're only one

[23:23] step away from showing off our mounts in

[23:25] housing as well. There will also be

[23:28] several new endeavors to keep that

[23:30] system fresh and interesting. We'll have

[23:32] the Ammani trolls, Onorum Plains,

[23:34] Centaurs, Cobalts, and Torlin themed

[23:36] neighborhood shenanigans to look forward

[23:38] to. And then the dye system is getting

[23:41] streamlined significantly. So it's going

[23:43] to take up way less space in your bags.

[23:45] So instead of needing a specific item to

[23:48] apply each shade of blue, there's now

[23:50] just going to be a general blue dye item

[23:52] that can apply any blue shade. This

[23:54] means you won't ever need more than nine

[23:56] dye items in your bags. And you can

[23:58] apply any shade of any color that you

[24:01] might want. There are also new die

[24:02] colors that have been added, including

[24:04] some that replicate the darker

[24:06] appearances from before the 1205 bugs

[24:08] were fixed.

[24:10] And then to round out this video, there

[24:12] are quite a few interesting user

[24:14] interface updates, including Discord

[24:16] integration. Guild leaders or officers

[24:18] will be able to link guild chat to a

[24:20] Discord channel, which lets you talk to

[24:22] your guild from Discord and vice versa.

[24:25] You can have the Discord chat plugged

[24:26] straight into guild chat or create a new

[24:28] chat channel specifically for guild

[24:30] Discord, so you can ask if anyone wants

[24:32] to run a dungeon or jump into some PvP

[24:34] without them even being logged into the

[24:37] game. This is definitely very

[24:39] interesting and could fix the problem of

[24:40] many guild communities being focused

[24:42] around Discord servers rather than

[24:44] in-game, which can leave guild chat

[24:47] empty in many cases. The cooldown

[24:49] manager will now be able to track

[24:51] trinkets and potions, so you can track

[24:53] consumables much better. And healers

[24:55] will have even more options for how to

[24:57] display important buffs and spells they

[24:59] might want to keep track of. The ping

[25:01] system has a lot of changes coming for

[25:03] it, too. You'll now be able to ping

[25:04] spells on your action bar and the

[25:06] cooldown manager to announce in chat how

[25:08] long is left on your cooldowns, so you

[25:10] can quickly and easily let your party

[25:12] know when you have big cooldowns ready

[25:14] to go or when you have nothing left in

[25:16] the tank. You'll also be able to ping

[25:18] your resources like your health bar to

[25:20] announce that in chat which immediately

[25:23] gives me flashbacks to Overwatch with

[25:25] players spamming I need healing. I'm not

[25:27] sure if healers need to be spammed with

[25:30] 40% health remaining pings as players

[25:32] stand in the bad stuff, but I guess

[25:34] we'll see how it pans out. And then

[25:36] you'll also have the option to ping just

[25:38] the environment, just units or both. So

[25:41] you can ping straight through UI

[25:43] elements and players if you actually

[25:44] want to ping the floor. So, that's going

[25:46] to be a nice change, too. And then the

[25:49] last UI update worth noting in this

[25:51] initial preview is for the currency tab.

[25:53] There are a lot more sub filters for

[25:55] midnight currencies, which should help

[25:56] keep things a bit tidier as we

[25:58] accumulate more and more currencies with

[26:00] each patch and season.

[26:03] Patch 12.1 will also include a lot of

[26:06] class changes, far too many to cover in

[26:09] this video. We'll go over those in

[26:10] detail as part of our weekly news video

[26:12] instead. But as a general overview, the

[26:15] dev team are looking to take a lot of

[26:17] damage and throughput out of cooldowns.

[26:20] So nerfing cooldowns across the board

[26:22] and then putting that damage into the

[26:23] base rotation instead. So your cooldowns

[26:26] won't be as powerful and in some cases

[26:28] they're getting nerfed quite

[26:29] considerably, but you should be dealing

[26:31] more damage baseline and hopefully it

[26:34] all evens out over the course of an

[26:35] encounter or dungeon. We also have our

[26:39] first look at the new set bonuses coming

[26:40] in patch 12.1. And the dev team want

[26:43] these new bonuses to be more involved

[26:45] and a bit more complicated when compared

[26:47] to season 1. So, they should change your

[26:49] priority, your rotation, or your talent

[26:51] choices in most cases. As with the class

[26:54] changes, going over each class set would

[26:56] be a bit much for this video, so we'll

[26:58] cover those in a separate video instead.

[27:00] I will give you a link to the patch

[27:02] notes in the comments section so you can

[27:03] read over everything for yourself if you

[27:05] don't want to wait for the videos

[27:07] though. But that's all of the new

[27:09] content coming our way in patch 12.1

[27:11] from the very first PTR build. As you

[27:14] can see, it's a pretty huge patch with a

[27:17] lot to look forward to. And I imagine

[27:18] more stuff is just going to keep getting

[27:20] added in as the weeks go by. And the

[27:22] class changes especially will undergo

[27:24] many updates before patch 12.1 arrives

[27:27] sometime in August. What do you think

[27:30] from what you've seen so far? And what

[27:32] are you most looking forward to in the

[27:34] new patch? The new zone, a new season,

[27:36] or maybe something else. Leave all your

[27:38] thoughts in the comments section below.

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